(Original post by mattamz) its a bit annoying when everyone you know likes pop music and I'm the only person that listens to bands like metallica and blink 182.

Even though Metallica are one of the biggest groups in the entire world that fill up stadiums wherever they play. Try finding people who like the gathering. Never met another person in real life who like them.

(obviously there are rare exceptions) but generally I can't listen to anything if:

1) The performing artist did not write it themselves
2) The performing artist cannot play any musical instruments
3) The lyrics are banal (about the opposite sex, nights out partying or self-confidence anthems about 'haters' and the artists own personal achievements - basically if the artist is just singing about themselves all the time or fixated on objectifying the other sex or hung up on relationships or crushes)

(Original post by screenager2004)
I find 99% of it to be utterly dull, repetitive, meaningless noise.

(obviously there are rare exceptions) but generally I can't listen to anything if:

1) The performing artist did not write it themselves
2) The performing artist cannot play any musical instruments
3) The lyrics are banal (about the opposite sex, nights out partying or self-confidence anthems about 'haters' and the artists own personal achievements - basically if the artist is just singing about themselves all the time or fixated on objectifying the other sex or hung up on relationships or crushes)

Preach... Except for point no. 2 - because that would essentially rule out all hip-hop music.